Paddling the Boreal Forest: Rediscovering A.P. LowDundurn, 29 նոյ, 2004 թ. - 319 էջ The boreal forest of Quebec/Labrador -- some of the most rugged and isolated land in Canada -- has captivated avid canoeists for generations. In the latter 19th and early 20th centuries, the intrepid A.P. Low of the Geological Survey of Canada spent, in total, more than ten years of his working life surveying the area. Employing Aboriginal canoemen and guides, he travelled by canoe, snowshoe and sailing vessel to map and document much of this vast territory. Challenged by the mystique of this extraordinary Canadian, canoeists Max Finkelstein and James Stone retraced Low's routes -- by their admission, their toughest canoe trip ever! Using archival sources, oral history and personal experience, they tell the story of A.P. Low and, in the process, reveal the environmental issues now facing this much threatened Canadian wilderness. "Once again Max Finkelstein has blessed us with his incredible ability to make history of exploration come alive. Rather than sit behind a desk and try to imagine the 'misadventures' Low would have had, he goes out and duplicates them, and along the way creates a few tales of his own. This is one great read and we should be thankful that people like Max and Jim Stone exist in this world of ours." "From A.P. Low's logs and reports, Max Finkelstein and Jim Stone give vitality to that great geological surveyor. Interspersed are vivid accounts of their own challenging canoe voyages on the same rivers and portages of the boreal forest and rock in the James Bay/Ungava/Labrador country of the Cree, Innu and Inuit. What emerges is an eloquent testimonial for the wilderness canoe trip in the Canadian experience." |
From inside the book
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... field season of 1900 in a novel location , far from the wilds of Ungava . He was sent to France , to supervise the Canadian Mineral Exhibit at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900. The mineral exhibition , containing over 1,200 ...
... field notes and hand - drawn maps . Like us , they tried to follow Low's exact route . Like us , they were humbled by the accu- racy of Low's maps and the pace of his travel . Bill Seeley writes , " ... in the face of the barrenness of ...
... field notes , maps , photographs and geological reports to guide us , we spent seven weeks travelling by canoe from near the geo- graphical centre of present - day Quebec to James Bay , " following in the footsteps and paddle strokes of ...
... field notebooks and hand - drawn maps are a source of inspiration for the small cadre of extreme canoeists who have retraced his routes , unen- cumbered by his duty to map the route and geology of the terrain , but blessed by accurate ...
... field notebooks . But sniffing out old documents only reveals what happened to him and what he did . There is still much missing . To really understand the character of A.P. Low , we need to follow in at least some of his actual ...